So if I rode a horse that distance would it be 4 times as fast . :p
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Well, so today's workout was two hours of indoor bouldering, doing mainly traversing until I couldn't hold on any more. The traverse ended in an under-hang (roof) climb, and by the time I got to that point it was down to pretty desperate moves to stay on the wall. By the time I was finished my forearms were incredibly pumped and I had trouble even doing some of the easier climbs.
All I had to eat after waking up was one sweet potato, boiled and mashed with some olive oil. Post workout I immediately had a tin of sardines and an hour later on getting home had a tin of tuna.
Now I'm relaxing with some German beer :p
Today's 'workout' was two hours of lawn mowing followed by lying in the sun reading. With beer. And cigarettes.
Yesterday was 13.1 Miles through Nashville (1:53). No workout today, rest day
Today I walked 8 or 9km and stopped half way for a pint.
Been eating Tim Ferris' "slow carb" and doing 2-hours of pilates/week for over two years (with 6 months off during surgical recovery). Lost 70# fat and added 20# muscle. Went from 245 to 193. Post surgery (when I couldn't eat normally or exercise) I gained 10 pounds and lost a lot of muscle. I'm 100% recovered now and back on the program again; dropped a belt notch, added a lot of muscle and finally dropped a few pounds. I plan to get back under 195 by the end of January by sticking with proper diet and exercise. Blood sugar went from Type II diabetic to normal, cholesterol fell 50 points and chronic back pain is gone. Sixpack is starting to show - give me six more months; legs are defined and I can pass in spandex without humiliation.
Eating slow carb I need to pay attention to eat 1500-1800 calories/day and, I swear, I'm never hungry. Once you lose all the sugar you stop getting hungry.
This morning, every Sunday morning and every Wednesday evening, an hour of pilates. 5' 11", big shoulders, 35-36" sleeve knuckle-dragger, ex army airborne, 62 years old. Pilates (and the slightly higher cost of better eating) is the best money I ever spent. Target weight 180-lbs which, for me, is lean.
Not selling anything - here's the straight skinny - it's about all here, free:
4-Hour Body - The Slow-Carb Diet
Today was my 'shorter' and less heavy lunch time workout:
35 pushups, touching nose to ground
(two minute rest)
Superset:
Bench presses, 40 x 10, 10, 50 x 8, 8, 60 x 6, 6
Leg Presses 95 x 20, 20, 105 x 15, 15, 115 x 13, 13
(no rest between exercises (i.e. Bench presses and leg presses), two minutes rest between supersets.
Bench presses, 50 x 8
(two minutes rest)
Body weight dips, 15, 10, 10
This took only 30 minutes.
I think it's really cool this thread is getting some attention. I think we're all motivating each other to excerise and be healthy :D
GO TEAM SRP! :)
Ed, have you been dressing up as a cheerleader again?
Lately I have found an easy way to lose weight. I am 5' 8" tall and 4 weeks ago I weighed 276 lbs.
I read about a diet that simply cuts out wheat from the foods that you eat everyday. No bread, no crackers or snacks that are made with wheat. No pasta etc. Eat all the non wheat food that you want.
4 weeks later I weigh 260 lbs. and I am sticking with the no wheat diet. I fully expect to get down to the 200 lb range which is where I was in 1989 when I quit smoking. Full speed ahead. 16 lbs. so far.
Yeah, wheat (and other grains, even rice) are very much fillers, and in a LOT of snack foods. I cut out grains about two weeks ago, and to not put TOO finer point on it, my daily 'movements' are 'firmer'. I'm trying to follow the Paleo diet, and have lost a LOT of body fat over the last few weeks...
30 minutes on the eliptical. Weights. Kettleball shrugs. Pushups and then 5 minutes on the Stair Machine. Can't believe how that Stair Machine opens up the lungs at the end of a workout. OK, I'm pooped again........
30 minute bike ride, windy, cold, hill and grades, but it was outside. 590 calories, average pulse 138, max 151. I can continue to enjoy life (Penn State Ice cream).
Thank you Carl for opening this thread!
Today I had a day off so this was my Sunday morning exercise:
I run a 10km race @ 51'. I hoped to beat my the 50' p.b. but the route was quite difficult.
Yeah, it's hard, and I must say (as can possibly be gathered by all my references to German beer) I haven't given up beer! I haven't given up dairy, just bread, pasta, rice, other grains and legumes. This is the food pyramid I'm trying to follow:
My last serious gym workout:
15 minute warm up on bike;
Back:
Deadlifts: 4 sets of 8 reps: start at 60 kg warm up, then 100kg, 140, 160.
10 reps x 30kg bent over dumbell row each side; Up to 60kg in steps of 10kg.
Lat pulldowns, wide grip: 4 sets of 10 reps, starting at 80kg up to 110kg in steps of 10.
Chin-ups: 4 sets of 10 reps - just own body weight.
Move onto Chest:
Pre-fatigue with flat bench dumbbell flyes: 4 sets of 10 reps: 20kg warm up, 30kg, 40, 45.
Bench Press (flat) (with 12 dips between sets): 12 reps 80kg warm up, 10 reps 120kg, 6.5 reps 140kg followed by pec tear.
Move onto Doctor's Surgery:
1 x Treated for shock, 1 x MRI scan, 60% tendon still intact, 20 weeks x rehab. $600 x physio costs.
:)
James.
I workout 1 hour each day, 6 dsys a week. Today was 10 rounds of boxing, 3 minutes each, 3 minutes between rounds doing calisthenics/stretching lifting. Alternate between speed bag, heavy bag punching, heavy bag kicking.
I go low on simple carbs, except for beer and bourbon. Lots of fresh fruits, veggies, lean meats. Over 18 months burned over 200000 calories, lost 10 lbs , gained some muscle.
I am doing reps with my coffee cup at the moment.
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Tonight's workout was an hour and 45 minutes of bouldering. I wasn't really in the mood. I tried a couple of new yellow problems and sent (completed) both flashing (completing on first attempt) the second one. But yellows are too easy for me these days, however the next grade up (blues) are still hard. I couldn't send any of the blues I tried, so i spent the rest of the session trying a brown ( a harder problem). I couldn't get the first few moves, but I tried about 20 times. I got withing INCHES of that stupid bloody hand hold, relying on a heel hook and trying to swing my body up, but couldn't get it! Feeling a little frustrated with bouldering at the moment, I seem to have stagnated a little... :mad:
Send her to Karratha, she can meet me.
I use 3 different parts of my brush - each end of the full length side, then the little bit on the back, but I do buff each time with the same area on my buffing cloth, so I guess that would mix all the colours together a bit. My boots look almost mottled on the toecap, they have a really red-brown base that has slightly darker overtones around it.
It is important to stay hydrated whilst exercising:
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Workout today :)
Stack wood in wheel barrow, dump wood, split wood, re-load wood, wheel to house, un-load split wood, stack split wood...
Climb ladder, remove old screws and nails from Implement shed, climb down ladder move ladder repeat for 20-30 reps..
Put up new tarp to protect Summer Tractor Implements from Winter in North Idaho.. repeat the ladder climbing and moving for another 20-30 reps :p
Attach 300+ lb Backblade to tractor by doing multiple shoulder shrugs to get it lined up
Lift and carry 40lb Tow/Choke chains to yank out multiple trees.
Lift and carry 18' Pole saw while cutting branches, lift and load said branches from the ground onto the Tractor 100+ reps
Lift and swing 20 lb Chainsaw to trim back trees to pulled out 50+ reps
Lift and put all workout equipment back...
Read SRP, Have Lunch
Done with workout today :nj
Your workout sounds more interesting than mine. Today will be lifting iron plates of various sizes in various ways to vintage rock tunes. Followed by rehydration with Oktoberfest beer.